CVE-2016-10147

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as demonstrated by mcryptd(md5).

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=148063683310477&w=2Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95677
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404200Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=148063683310477&w=2Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.15Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95677
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404200Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/48a992727d82cb7db076fa15d372178743b1f4cdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 18, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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